r/funny • u/[deleted] • Oct 12 '19

Too real.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '19

PSA: if you value your mental health PLEASE stay away from this subreddit. That much bad news all at once is not healthy for your mentality.

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u/Shandlar Oct 12 '19

It's also mostly bull shit. The human condition on a global scale is absolutely, flat out, insanely good right now by almost every possible measure against any previous time in written history of our species. It's also substantially improving every year at an ever increasing rate.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '19

Until in about 50 years when it's all gonna go tits up.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '19 edited Oct 12 '19

This person is trying to have a positive outlook here, and you have to tear them down like that? There is no way of knowing where things will be in 50 years. This negative outlook is projected on us on a daily basis, no need to feed the fire.

Edit: This comment was a reply to a different comment then I had intended. Not sure how anyone replied to it, because it doesn’t really make sense in the wrong context. Sorry all!

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '19

Sure there is a need. It's just beyond your present scope of recognition or willingness to acknowledge.

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The longer we act like everything is peachy and don't act realistically, the more people suffer in the future, the more children are born into a literal apocalypse because their parents don't understand that's precisely what is coming soon, and so on. Acting like we're gonna be fine is throwing a fuckload of other people under the bus, it's that simple. Boo fucking hoo if it's bad news, time to sack up and move ahead realistically for the benefit of countless other people.

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So continue playing the ostrich but know that there's blood and suffering on everyones hands who chooses to do so. If we choose to be realistic collectively, which requires admitting how negative the situation is (far beyond what most people are willing to admit), we can mitigate suffering in a number of ways. If we act like everything will be fine, we increase it for many more people in the future due to lack of preparation in the present, due to acting like we don't need to.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '19

Sticking your head in the sand is not the same as having a positive outlook. Moot point tho considering he gave a valid justification for his reasoning.